Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 623 › Conversation 623-020

Nixon & Bull on William L. Waller and James O. Eastland

Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 4:33 PM ET · Oval Office · 22 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation623-020 on Tape 623 (tape position 04:50:19–04:50:46)StartTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 4:33 PMEndTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 4:33 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 623-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to coordinate logistical adjustments for the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on managing the arrival of Mississippi Governor William L. Waller and Senator James O. Eastland. They specifically addressed the need to insert a two-minute window into the briefing process to accommodate the Senator's addition to the meeting.

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Mr. President, Ron Ziegler is playing a secret.
Protect two minutes before Governor Waller comes in between these ladies.
All right.
Senator Eastland is going to show up at the meeting with Governor Waller and will be coming in.
All right.

NARA Description

On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 623-020

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: 4:33 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Ronald L. Ziegler
          -William L. Waller
                -James O. Eastland

Bull left at 4:33 pm.

Also recorded on November 23, 1971

  • 623-021 4:33 PM · 3 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:33 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 623-022 4:36 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Waller, James O. Eastland, John N. Mitchell, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:56 pm.
  • 623-023 4:56 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:56 pm to 4:57 pm.
  • 623-024 4:57 PM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, John N. Mitchell, Sally Inge, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, and Norman Van Brocklin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:57 pm to 6:07 pm.
  • 015-117 5:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 015-118 5:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 5:44 pm.
  • 015-119 5:44 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:44 pm to 5:47 pm.
  • 015-120 5:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:47 pm and 5:58 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 623-020, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-020 (accessed October 12, 2026).